Song, Liao, and Jin · Emperor and Ruler

Xianzong 憲宗

Xiànzōng

c. AD 1208 - AD 1259

Passages
6
Chapters
1
Histories
1

Overview

Xianzong was an emperor and Ruler.

IdentityHistorical · Male
RolesRuler

Other names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Posthumous name Emperor Huansu 桓肅皇帝 Huánsù huángdì

Life and dates

Death

Age

Attested activity

Family

Career and standing

Places and affiliations

Learning and skills

Works and attributed material

Events and relationships

Assessments and attributes

  • Assessment deeply trusted shamans and oracles; consulted them before undertakings almost daily without tiring · Mode historian-judgment
  • Assessment governed ministers with stern discipline · Mode historian-judgment
  • Assessment loved hunting and claimed to follow ancestral custom rather than foreign ways · Mode historian-judgment
  • Assessment resolute, bright, fierce, steadfast; deep in judgment and sparing of speech · Mode historian-judgment
  • Assessment took no pleasure in feasting or extravagance; forbade consorts to exceed proper measure · Mode historian-judgment

Source notes

  • reigned nine years 在位九年
    AD 1251 to AD 1259 在位九年 · Field reign-length · Statement reigned nine years

References in the histories

History of Yuan, Chapter 3Volume 3 Annals 3: Xianzong · 6 passages